Chapter 2 of Johnny Blossom is here in full — 323 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Johnny Blossom is here in full — 323 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
OH! Everything was so horrid! That stupid Tellef Olsen! Always boasting and bragging about his muscle as if he were the only one in the town who had muscle. Well, anyway, he wouldn’t be coming around here any more to brag about it.
Chapter 2 of Johnny Blossom is here in full — 323 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
From this reading “Well, anyway, he wouldn’t be coming around here any more to brag about it.”
speaking of yourself in superlatives
From this reading “Always boasting and bragging about his muscle as if he were the only one in the town who had muscle.”
show off
From this reading “Well, anyway, he wouldn’t be coming around here any more to brag about it.”
an instance of boastful talk
From this reading “Always boasting and bragging about his muscle as if he were the only one in the town who had muscle.”
exceedingly bad
From this reading “Everything was so horrid!”
one of the contractile organs of the body
From this reading “Always boasting and bragging about his muscle as if he were the only one in the town who had muscle.”
lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
From this reading “That stupid Tellef Olsen!”
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading “Always boasting and bragging about his muscle as if he were the only one in the town who had muscle.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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In this reading “Well, anyway, he wouldn’t be coming around here any more to brag about it.”
In this reading “Well, anyway, he wouldn’t be coming around here any more to brag about it.”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Always boasting and bragging about his muscle as if he were the only one in the town who had muscle.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading Always boasting and bragging about his muscle as if he were the only one in the town who had muscle.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Always boasting and bragging about his muscle as if he were the only one in the town who had muscle.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading Well, anyway, he wouldn’t be coming around here any more to brag about it.
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
From this reading Well, anyway, he wouldn’t be coming around here any more to brag about it.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Well, anyway, he wouldn’t be coming around here any more to brag about it.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Always boasting and bragging about his muscle as if he were the only one in the town who had muscle.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Well, anyway, he wouldn’t be coming around here any more to brag about it.
speaking of yourself in superlatives
From this reading Always boasting and bragging about his muscle as if he were the only one in the town who had muscle.
show off
From this reading Well, anyway, he wouldn’t be coming around here any more to brag about it.
an instance of boastful talk
From this reading Always boasting and bragging about his muscle as if he were the only one in the town who had muscle.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading Well, anyway, he wouldn’t be coming around here any more to brag about it.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Everything was so horrid!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Always boasting and bragging about his muscle as if he were the only one in the town who had muscle.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Always boasting and bragging about his muscle as if he were the only one in the town who had muscle.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Well, anyway, he wouldn’t be coming around here any more to brag about it.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Always boasting and bragging about his muscle as if he were the only one in the town who had muscle.
exceedingly bad
From this reading Everything was so horrid!
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Always boasting and bragging about his muscle as if he were the only one in the town who had muscle.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Always boasting and bragging about his muscle as if he were the only one in the town who had muscle.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Well, anyway, he wouldn’t be coming around here any more to brag about it.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Well, anyway, he wouldn’t be coming around here any more to brag about it.
one of the contractile organs of the body
From this reading Always boasting and bragging about his muscle as if he were the only one in the town who had muscle.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading OH!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That stupid Tellef Olsen!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Always boasting and bragging about his muscle as if he were the only one in the town who had muscle.
and nothing more
From this reading Always boasting and bragging about his muscle as if he were the only one in the town who had muscle.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Everything was so horrid!
lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
From this reading That stupid Tellef Olsen!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That stupid Tellef Olsen!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That stupid Tellef Olsen!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Always boasting and bragging about his muscle as if he were the only one in the town who had muscle.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Well, anyway, he wouldn’t be coming around here any more to brag about it.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading Always boasting and bragging about his muscle as if he were the only one in the town who had muscle.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Everything was so horrid!
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well, anyway, he wouldn’t be coming around here any more to brag about it.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Always boasting and bragging about his muscle as if he were the only one in the town who had muscle.
which person or people
From this reading Always boasting and bragging about his muscle as if he were the only one in the town who had muscle.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, anyway, he wouldn’t be coming around here any more to brag about it.
Chapter 2 of Johnny Blossom by Dikken Zwilgmeyer holds 323 sentences, grouped into 65 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 2 holds 323 sentences of Johnny Blossom, unabridged, divided into 65 reading sections.
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